Laserfiche WebLink
DONALD P. Mc GINN <br />PROFESSIONAL ENGfNEER <br />REGISTERED ARCHITECT <br />2506 BRENNER STREET <br />ST. PAUL, MN. 55i 13 <br />PAGE TWO RE: 2303 14A STREE7 NORTHWE57 <br />PLOT IPI:AN REVIEW <br />CODE SET BACK PLAN SET BACK <br />FRONT YARD 3O NORTH CORNER OF GARAGE 17 <br />OUTSIDE CORNER OF GARAGE 31 <br />NORTH CORNER OF HOUSES 32 <br />VISUAL AVERAGE OF FRONT YARD 28 <br />STREET YARD 30 EAST CORNER OF GARAGE 10 <br />EAST CORNER OF HOUSE 20 <br />NORTH CORNER OF GARAGE 24 <br />VISUAL AVERAGE OF STREET YARD IS DETERMINED BY <br />E7CISTING TREES WHICH WILL BE PROTECTED TO <br />t2T.:"•1AIN REMAIN,:F.ROM BUILDING TO PROPERTY LINE, <br />SIDE TOWARD R1 3O SAME COMMENTS <br />THE ABOVE DATA IS OFFERED TO SAVE SOME THE TIME OF <br />FIGURING iT, AND TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIGURES ARE <br />PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS THIS DESIGN .DOES NOT HAVE <br />FENCE LIKE WALLS PARALLEL TO THE PROPERTY LINES. THIS <br />DESIGN EFFECTIVELY OPENS THE PERIMETER AREAS OF THE <br />LOT TO NEIGHBOR AND MOTORIST ALIKE. <br />I AM MAKING THIS APPEAL NOW, WHILE I SHOULD HAVE MADE IT <br />SIX MONTHS AGO WHEN I BEGAN THE DESIGN, BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN <br />INCORRECT INFORMATION WHEN i PHONEQ NEW BRIGHTON CITY HALL <br />FOR SET BACK REQUIREMENTS. BEFORE JULY FIFTH, I WAS SURE <br />THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT AND. <br />1 PROCEEDED ON MANY FRONTS. I MORTGAGED MY HOUSE AND BOUGHT <br />THE LOT, i PREPARED THE PLANS AND TOOK BIDS ON EXCAVATION <br />AND FOUNDATION WORK. WE WERE READY TO DIG JULY N IJVTH. THIS <br />DELAY IS VERY COSTLY. THE INTEREST ON MY LOAN IS $17.00 A DAY <br />AND GOOD CONSTRUCTION WEATHER IS GROWING SHORT. THIS DELAY <br />COULD- KILL MY HOPE OF BUILDING A HOME. <br />IF YOU ENFORCE THE SIDE YARD RESTRICTIONS, ACCORDING TO CODE, <br />ON THIS LOT,.THE TOTAL REQUIRED IS 50 FEET WHICH EQUALS ONE-HALF <br />THE WIDTH OF THE LOT. THIS iS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS LOT 1S <br />SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE STREET AND AN R 1 LOT. THE TOTAL WOULD <br />BE ONLY 10 FEET IF THIS WERE A TYPICAL DUPLEX LOT. THE TOTAL <br />REQUIRED WOULD ONLY BE TEN FEET FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING <br />IN AN R-i DISTRACT. 1 FEEL THIS ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODE WOULD <br />BE EXCESSIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY. <br />